The tax liens covers residents who have unpaid water and sewer bills dating back to June 2014.

Between the time the moratorium was put in place and now, the city has collected around $700,000 of the $5.8 million in unpaid bills.

In Tuesday afternoon's RTAB meeting, Flint Finance Director David Sabuda went before the board, explaining that if the moratorium was left in place, the city would lose out on more than $2 million in the end.

Another factor that plays into this is Council's decision Monday night to extend the city's short term contract with the GLWA.

The contract essentially means higher costs in the short term.

Those costs include $600,000 a month for the KWA debt payment and $155,000 in discounted rates through Sept. 30.